National Register of Historic Places - West Virginia (WV), Wood County

Wood County West Virginia (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blennerhassett Island Historic District, Henderson Hall Historic District and Julia--Ann Square Historic District, Avery Street Historic District and Parkersburg High School--Washington Avenue Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland and Adena Culture dating back to 999 BC.

The famous person George Washington Henderson is associated with one of more of the Wood County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wood County places including J.M. Slocomb and Frank L. Packard. Prominent architectural styles found in Wood Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Late Gothic Revival.

Avery Street Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000849)

Roughly bounded by Nineteenth, Spring and Quincy, Eighth, and Market Sts. , Parkersburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Blennerhassett Island Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001294)

On the Ohio River, 1.7 mi. S of Parkersburg , Parkersburg

Janneman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Underwater

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Underwater

Henderson Hall Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000811)

CR 21/2 off WV 14 , Williamstown

Chrispainter1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Slocomb,J.M.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Henderson,George Washington,et al.

Significant Year:

1900, 1859, 1836

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Literature, Politics/Government, Prehistoric, Agriculture, Social History, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Adena Culture

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Julia--Ann Square Historic District (added 1977 - - #77001380)

Both sides of Juliana and Ann Sts. from cemetery to 9th St. , Parkersburg

TheCatalyst31, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Parkersburg High School--Washington Avenue Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000895)

Washington Ave. from Park Ave. to Dudley Ave., including 2101 Dudley , Parkersburg

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Packard,Frank L.

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling